Program Analysis and Verification Lab

The Program Analysis and Verification Lab was established in 2015 by JetBrains and the Institute of Computer Sciences and Technologies of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

At the laboratory, students, postgraduates, and developers are researching software technologies based on formal methods. They're engaged with developing some useful tools utilizing verification, static analysis, and program transformation techniques.

Our work is almost always open-source because we whole-heartedly believe in open research.

Main research projects

Program verification and error detection through Bounded Model Checking

The goal of this project is to create tools for detecting errors and “violations of contract” in software with bounded model checking (BMC) and SMT solvers.

Real-time clone detection

An interactive tool, which is currently being developed at the Lab, will be able to identify duplication in the source code automatically. This instrument is planned to be fully integrated with IntelliJ IDEA.

Automated bug fixing

The idea is to create a tool that can automatically fix some of the errors detected by static code analysis.

Co-design solution based on Kotlin

The Lab is developing a new technology for cooperative software-hardware designing, which is based on Kotlin (statically typed programming language created at JetBrains). This solution is intended to replace currently available co-design systems, which utilize cumbersome and inconvenient SystemC language.

Students who are interested in any of these subjects are welcome to contact the Lab Director Vladimir Mikhailovich Itsykson for more information – vlad@icc.spbstu.ru